fortuitous

英 [fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs]

美 [fɔːrˈtuːɪtəs]

adj.  偶然发生的; (尤指)巧合的

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BNC.18692 / COCA.19324

牛津词典

adj.

• 偶然发生的；（尤指）巧合的
  happening by chance, especially a lucky chance that brings a good result

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 偶然的;幸运的
  You can describe something asfortuitousif it happens, by chance, to be very successful or pleasant.
  1. Their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances.
     他们的成功是各种环境因素偶然联系在一起的幸运产物。

英英释义

adj

• occurring by happy chance
  1. profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials
• having no cause or apparent cause
  1. a causeless miracle
  2. fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
  3. we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
  Synonym:causelessuncaused

双语例句

• If fortuitous causality in criminal law is not tenable, necessary causality in criminal law itself is an issue.
  如果刑法偶然因果关系难以成立，则刑法必然因果关系本身也是有问题的。
• Gifts of books and journals can often be quite fortuitous.
  图书和期刊的赠阅可能往往带有相当的偶然性。
• When I graduated from Harvard Business School, I chose a role that was at once marginal and extremely fortuitous.
  当年，我从哈佛商学院毕业后，选择了一个边缘、但又非常幸运的角色。
• It is more likely to be a fortuitous discovery than the result of a concerted effort to find it.
  发现它看来多半是出于偶然，而并非协同努力的结果。
• General hospitals have an important rescue mission when fortuitous mass casualties occur as a result of natural or man made disasters.
  因自然灾害和人为因素所导致的突发性、群体性意外伤害时有发生，综合性医院负有重要的抢救使命。
• He was, by virtue of that fortuitous chance and opportunity which has put so many small men in great positions, the president of the leading bank of the community.
  他是社区主导银行的行长，只不是巧合和机遇让这些小人们爬上了这重要的位置而已。
• Our meeting was quite fortuitous.
  我们的相会完全是偶然的。
• Please allow me to call you, because I browsed your web in fortuitous chance only. So, I don't know How to call you is properly.
  请允许我这样称呼你们，因为我只是在一个偶然的机会看到了你们的网站，也不知道到底应当如何称呼你们！
• The extraordinarily convenient timing of the meeting is said to be fortuitous.
  那个会议特别合适的时机选择据说是个偶然。
• The timing of her departure was entirely fortuitous.
  她对离开时间的选择完全是偶然的。